The Gazette Barellan Central School Boree Street, Barellan NSW 2665

Phone: 02 6963 9202

Fax; 02 6963 9302

Email: barellan-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.barellan-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

WEEK

Monday February 23

5A Term 1

Principal’s Report

School Planning – We Need You!

The NSW DEC has set a new method of planning for

schools which takes effect this year. By the end of

Term 1 we must have our 2015-2017 plan finalised. As

such, we will be asking parents, staff and students to

provide feedback on areas of importance in our

school.

A quick survey has been set up online for you to put

forward your ideas. This survey is completely anony-

mous. Please share your ideas with us so we can plan

the next phase of development for our school. You

can use the link below to take part. The link will be

placed on our Facebook page so you can access it with

a single click.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2CZRGHP

Welcome Mr Mannes

Year 4 welcomed Mr Mannes to BCS today. After

spending a little time with together on Friday it seems

that they will all get along nicely.

Canteen Upgrade

Our canteen is having a make-over this year. Our DEC

Asset Manager informs me that we are lucky to be the

recipients of over $100,000 of equipment and refur-

bishing, including new bench tops, brand new top of

the range fridge and freezers, a new reverse cycle air-

conditioning unit, new bathroom facilities, new cup-

boards and drawers and a new 900mm stainless steel

stove. These items are all essential to bring our canteen

up to the NSW DEC standards for food service. The up-

grade is planned to be completed by the end of June

this year. The campaign to have a demountable building

upgraded is a long and hard one, so we are extremely

happy to have received this renovation to our facilities.

Science Lab Upgrade

Our Science

Lab has been

a hive of ac-

tivity this

term with its

refurbish-

ment. There

are new

benches,

cupboards,

flooring, paint, sinks, gas taps, lights, fume cupboard,

fridge and hot water system. New blinds have also been

ordered. Work is scheduled to finish this Friday, so sci-

ence classes should be back to normal and enjoying

their new classroom from

Monday. More pictures to

follow on the finished product

next week.

Have a great week!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2CZRGHP

Calendar Term 1 2015

February

Tues 24 Mobile Library Visits (new date)

Yr 11 Rotary Driving School @ Yanco

Thurs 26 PSSA Swimming Carnival @ APCS

Fri 27 Primary Assembly @ 2pm

March

Tues 3 School Photo Day

Biology & Senior Science Excursion

Touch Football in Griffith

Tues 10 P&C AGM - 7.30pm

Fri 6 Secondary Riverina Swimming @ Leeton

Mon 9 PSSA Riverina Swimming @ Albury

Visiting Performance ~ ‘Let’s Chat Habitat’

Wed 11 Primary AFL & Netball Trials

Wed 18 Student-Led Conferences

Tues 31 BCS Cross-Country (TBC)

April

Thurs 2 Last Day Term 1

Mon 23 Feb

Karen smith

Thurs 26 Feb

Jeanette Brumby

Fri 27 Feb

Julie Kenny

Mon 2 March

Tracey Gordon

Thurs 5 Mar

Jo Flagg

Fri 6 Mar

Sarah Lees

Mon 9 Mar

Jeanette Brumby

Thurs 12 Mar

Kathy Bourchier

Fri 13 Mar

Beck Rainbird

Mon 16 Mar

Alison Male

Thurs 19 Mar

Jane Snaith

Fri 20 Mar

Beck Rainbird

Mon 23 Mar

Volunteer Reqd

Thurs 26 Mar

Volunteer Reqd

Fri 27 Mar

Volunteer Reqd

Mon 30/3

Volunteer Reqd

Thurs 2 Apr

Volunteer Reqd

Students please remember your lunch orders must be

placed in the box before recess.

Uniforms …..

The P & C would appreciate payment of outstanding mon-

ey that is owed for uniforms. The P & C are obligated to

pay suppliers and if we do not receive money from par-

ents and carers this makes it very difficult. Some people

were going to do a direct deposit into the P & C account

but maybe with the holidays it could have slipped your

minds. As discussed at the P & C meeting I will be re issu-

ing invoices to families, if you are having any difficulties

feel free to contact the school office or Jeanette Brumby.

Student Lockers A reminder for secondary students using the new lockers purchased by our P&C last year. Students who already have a new locker are required to pay a $5 hire fee for 2015. This is due to the school by 27th February. Students who are not currently using a new locker but

would like to use one are required to pay $20 to the office

by 27th February. Thank you

P&C AGM

The P&C AGM will be held on Tuesday, March 10. If you

wish to be able to vote on matters that arise at meetings,

annual subscriptions must be received before this date.

Please fill in the form and return to the school office in

an envelope, clearly marked P&C membership.

2015 P&C Membership $5.00 per family

I (name/s)

___________________________________________

Wish to be a paid member of the BCS P&C.

Please find enclosed $_______________________

Signed____________________________________

Primary Assembly

Friday, February 27

Commencing at 2pm

All parents are invited to attend

Order envelopes for School Photos were distribut-

ed with today’s Gazette. Please note these forms,

with payment, must be returned to school by next

Monday. NO orders will be accepted on the day.

2/3/4 Weekly News

Leaders: Tre & Suleyman Swimming Carnival – A mighty effort

from the 2,3,4 students who

participated in so many events at the

twilight carnival. It was so good to see so many family

and friends to support the children also. Thank you to

Riley and his family for bringing Elliott along to cheer

for Macarthur.

Well done to Jonathan,

Matilda, Anika, Ben and

Suleyman for

achieving Bronze awards in Mathletics in week 3.

Tom started with a Silver award straight off, huge effort

Tom!

In week 4 five certificates were earned. Matilda, Tom,

Charlee-Anne and Ben had Bronze and

Anika achieved Gold

Accelerated Reader

Congratulations to everyone for reading each night last

week and for remembering to bring their books back each

day. Thank you to parents for helping with the writing of

students book summaries.

We have made a great start to our AR program .

Accelerated Literacy

Going Bush

by Nadia Wheatley & Ken Searle

We will be chunking words from

our text and work on text marking this week.

Students will bring home a Class

Dojo Letter today which will give

each parent their own account

code. Please go to the

www.classdojo.com/parent site and register.

Thank you to students for bringing in their hotshots

shirts we added our little piece to the clip and

hopefully the Tennis Club will be successful in

achieving a grant to update the courts.

Right Gear- All students are expected to attend

class with the equipment they need to learn. Could par-

ents please help children to bring

2 pencils to school

The Twilight Swimming Carnival

B.C.S

students

and parents

crossed the

road to the

swimming

pool be-

cause it was

the swimming carnival. First we went to the pool for

the carnival. After that we started the swimming. I

came first in the first race that was free style and I even

went in the junior relay. When it was the adults race

Mrs Luppi hugged Mr Davies and they jumped in the

pool and it was funny. Alannah Curran

On Thursday we went to the pool. We did races. I tried

the free style and did the backstroke and did breast

stroke. Suleyman Uzun

The whole

school went

to the pool

from 3.00pm

to 8.00pm.

We went to

the

swimming

carnival.

Most people had either blue of red zinc. Everyone said

go Macarthur or go Farrer. I said go Macarthur because

I was in Macarthur. When I went to the carnival I went

in free style, back stroke, butterfly, breast stroke and

then the secondary swam then it was presentations.

When all the racers went to presentation the teacher

said what team won, it was Macarthur. All the Macar-

thur’s jumped

and then eve-

ryone jumped

in the pool

and some left.

Allie Haida

We went to

the swimming

carnival on Thursday. I went to the swimming carnival

my first race was the breast stroke. I came second and

then I played. My team won. Lachlan Ellis

http://www.classdojo.com/parent

4/5/6 News This week we say goodbye to the Year 4’s in our class. We hope they enjoy their new class with Mr Mannes. Good luck to the students heading to Ariah Park for the PSSA Swimming Carnival on Thursday. This week I will send home new details for you to access Class Dojo if you have not already done so. Class Dojo is an excellent way to see how your child is performing in the classroom as well as a great way for me to send out messages/reminders if and when needed. Mobile Library will be here tomorrow. Please remember to bring in books.

This Week

AL Fly a Rebel Flag by Robyn Annear

Text Type John O’Brien Writing Competition En-tries

Maths Multiplication & Division

Spelling K, c, q, ck, x, ch

Homework

Accelerated Reader Text Mathletics

Spellodrome Reading Eggspress

MATHLETICS

SPELLODROME

ACCELERATED LITERACY

CITIZENSHIP

Bronze Award: Jane, Tyler, Charlotte, Nor-

man, Paige, Sharni

Millennium Helmet: Jane, Norman, Paige,

Tyler, Charlotte, Tait, Steven, Sharni

Golden Bike: Annabelle

Congratulations to Jane and Norman who

both won a canteen voucher last week!

Ruby Male

Paige Kenny

Jane Haeusler

K/1 Class News

This week we become the K/1 class. It is wonderful to now have four classes at BCS and we wish the year 2 students all the best in the 2/3 class. I know they will work very hard and have lots of fun. Best Start Assessment feedback to parents forms went home on Friday. If you have any questions in regards to these please contact me. I have sent home invitations to parents last week for you to connect to your child’s Class Dojo. I have also sent invi-tations via email to many parents. It would be wonderful if you could connect soon. There is a Class Dojo app that is a quick way to check Class Dojo for those of you with smart phones or tablets. I am away this Thursday to attend Best Start training. Miss Rhiannon Clark will be taking K/1 and following our nor-mal Thursday routine.

This Week

Mobile

Library

Please ensure you have completed the Mobile Library form and returned to the school so you child is able to borrow when it visits our school tomorrow.

Assem-bly

This week we will have our first primary assem-bly for the year. If you are available to come we would love to see you there. It will begin at 2pm in the school canteen area.

Library Library day is tomorrow please ensure your child returns their books that were borrowed last week and ensure they have a library bag to protect our school books.

Homework

Home Read-ing

It is important that in these early days of read-ing children are encouraged throughout. Please sit with your child to complete the reader. You may need to read parts of the book. For in-stance your child may say the section of the book that is repeated and you read any new words. It is very important to keep home read-ing a positive experience.

Please ignore the days in the home reader book. If you could complete each page it will be easier to keep track. It is also appreciated if you can keep a running number of the nights students have read throughout the year it would be ap-preciated.

Math-letics and Reading Eggs

Mathletics and Reading Eggs passwords went home on Friday. This is not compulsory.

Our first 85s Club winners for the year are:

2/3/4 - Jordan Spowart & Spencer Tarlinton

(prize box)

4/5/6 - Jane Haeusler

& Norman Haeusler

(canteen vouchers)

Australian Schools Competitions 2015 - The Australian

Schools Competitions run by the University of New South

Wales will be on again this year. Competitions are held in

schools throughout Australia and the Pacific. All students

from Years 2 to 12 are encouraged to participate.

Participating in the competitions is good practice for the

students in undertaking external examinations (e.g. Naplan

and HSC). All students receive a certificate of participation

or for those students who perform well, certificates of mer-

it or even distinction.

Entry fees (subsidised by the school) are $5.00 for each

student for each competition, except for the writing com-

petition which costs $12 and the primary spelling competi-

tion which costs $7.00 (these last two are hand marked by

specialists in their fields which is why they cost extra). The

entry form is included in this week’s Gazette and is due

back with the payment to the school office by Friday March

13. Dates for competitions will be included in the school

calendar as they become closer.

Australian Schools Competitions

ENTRY FORM

Family Name: ______________________________

* Digital Technologies Yr 3-10 $5.00ea

(previously Computer Skills)

Names ____________________________________

* Science Yr 2-12 $5.00ea

Names ____________________________________

* Mathematics Yr 2-12 $5.00ea

Names ____________________________________

* Primary Spelling Yr 3-6 $7.00ea

Names ___________________________________

* Writing Yr 3-12 $10-00ea

Names ___________________________________

*English Yr 2-12 $5.00ea

Names_____________________________

Payment enclosed : $ _________________

Signed ____________________________

This Week’ Sporting News………………….

Secondary Zone Swimming Carnival ~ A small but dedicated group of 11 swimmers travelled to Ariah Park last Friday to compete at the Secondary Zone Carnival. Everyone swam to the best of their ability and a lot of places were achieved. The best individual result for the day was Lillian Geltch, in the Jun-ior Girls Championship coming runner-up. The school finished a close fourth overall and considering the small number of swimmers, this was a wonderful result. The most pleasing thing from my point of view was the number of students who 'volunteered' to swim in place of those who chose not to attend. The Senior Girls also won both their relays. The Riverina Carnival is on next Friday, March 6, in Leeton. I will have entries and permission notes available ASAP. A HUGE thank you to the parents who arranged transport for the swimmers and helped with officiating. Primary Zone Carnival ~ This will be held in Ariah Park this Thursday, Feb 26. Swimmers will need to be there by 9am if they wish to do a warm-up and the first event will commence around 9.30. Permission notes and travel arrangements need to be finalised by tomorrow, 24th. Secondary RAP Teams ~A number of gala days, carnivals and knockouts are coming up quickly. Students and parents need to keep an eye out for dates as in some teams, we only have 1 or 2 students participating so they will probably need to or-ganise their own transport. Secondary Boys Cricket is this Wednesday, 25th, in Coleam-bally. Kokulan Kandeepan will be playing in these games. Next week, the boys and girls Touch Football teams travel to Griffith. This is on Tuesday, March 3. In the girls team, Shane Gibson and Hannah Kenny are representing B.C.S. Primary Tennis Trials ~ Congratulations to Jake Bourchier,

Norm and Jane Haeusler and Tait Snaith who attended the

first round of selections for the PSSA Riverina tennis team.

Norm, Jane and Jake were successful in being selected to

attend the final round of selections for the combined Riverina

team in Griffith in the next few weeks. All 4 students won

matches and participated in the right spirit. More details to

follow.

PSSA Netball and AFL Trials ~ These will be held in Coolamon

in Week 7, Wednesday, 11th of March. We have 4 boys and 4

girls attending these trials, good luck to those students.

PSSA Riverina Tennis Trials ~ will be held in Griffith on Friday,

March 6.

ALL students are reminded that they need to keep up with their schoolwork and follow the school's Super 6 to be grant-ed the privilege of representing the school in any sporting endeavours. Final Notice for Awards

This week is the last chance for anyone wishing to purchase

certificates from the Intensive Swimming / Life Saving Pro-

gram we conducted at the end of last year. If you have any

questions about costs, etc, please contact me at school.

All Swim Survive ( Level 1 to 7 ) Certificates were $5.50

Bronze Star - $ 11.50

Bronze Medallion and Bronze Cross - $16.50

Alan Hesketh

Sport Organiser

Barellan United Netball Club AGM ~ Thurs-

day 5th March, 7.30 At the Barellan War

Memorial Club. Contact Julie to add agenda

items.

2Blues Seniors Training ~ Thursday 5th

March, 6 p.m at the sports ground followed

by the AGM.

BCS Community Gazette

A reminder for community member wishing to receive

a copy of the School Gazette to please pay $10 to

either the school or Post Office before the end of

March. Thankyou

Junior 2Blues Netball

The Griffith Town Competition where Barel-

lan 11s and 13s will be playing this year

starts on Saturday March 21st. Thank you

to all players and parents for returning reg-

istration papers and money so promptly.

Watch this space for details on training and coaches.

St Therese Catholic Church will be a holding a Street

Stall this Friday, February 27. Donations for the stall or

raffle will be gratefully accepted.

GLS Workshop

When: Wednesday 4 March 2015 6pm-8pm

Description: Narrandera Shire Council is conducting a free

workshop for parents and supervisors of learner drivers.

The two hour course, Helping Learner Drivers Become

Safe Drivers, offers parents and supervisors hands-on ad-

vice on how to provide the most effective driving practice

for learner drivers.

Location: Narrandera Library, East Street, Narrandera

Contact: Council’s Road Safety Officer on 0448 623 049

Child Restraint Checking Day

When: Saturday 7 March 2015 9.30am-11.30am

Description: Narrandera Shire Council is conducting free

Child Restraint Checks at Kiesling Lane. Parents and carers

of young children are invited to come along and find out

more about the child restraint laws and to get their child

restraints checked for correct installation by qualified

Roads and Maritime Services approved fitter on site.

Community Meetings……………….

Barellan Hall Committee will be having a meeting on

the 5th March 2015 at the Barellan Club 730 pm start

everyone is welcome to come. Stephan Woodham

Barellan Museum AGM Tuesday, March 3rd com-

mencing at 1.30pm at the Museum. All welcome to

attend.

Barellan Rural Fire Brigade AGM will be held on

Monday March 2nd at the station. The meeting will

commence at 7.30 after training at 6pm. All members

and interested persons are invited to attend.